Starting with work in London relating to construction of a tidal-surge barrier, significant applied research on the impacts of urbanisation on groundwater and of groundwater on the urban infrastructure in cities worldwide over a 40-year period.
| 1972 | Gray D A & FOSTER S S D. Phil Trans Royal Soc A 272 : 245-257 | Urban influences on groundwater conditions in the Thames Flood Plain Deposits of Central London | E-1 |
| 1980 | Lewis W J, Farr J L & FOSTER S S D. P Instn Civil Engr 69 : 281-293 | The pollution hazard to village water supplies in eastern Botswana. | E-2 |
| 1985 | FOSTER S S D UN Natural Resources Forum 9 : 125-132 | Potable groundwater supplies and low cost sanitary engineering – how compatible? | |
| 1986 | Thomson J A M & FOSTER S S D. J Instn Water Engr & Sci 40 : 527-540 | Effect of urbanisation on groundwater of limestone islands: an analysis of the Bermuda case. | |
| 1994 | FOSTER S S D, Gale I N & Hespanhol I. WHO-PAHO-CEPIS Publn | Impacts of wastewater use and disposal on groundwater. | |
| 1990 | FOSTER S S D IAHS Publn 198 : 187-207 | Impacts of urbanisation on groundwater. | |
| 1999 | FOSTER S S D, Morris B L & Chilton P J. IAHS Publn 259 : 3-12 | Groundwater in urban development: a review of linkages and concerns. | E-3 |
| 2001 | FOSTER S S D Urban Water 3 : 185-192 | The interdependence of groundwater and urbanisation in rapidly-developing cities. | |
| 2004 | FOSTER S S D & Chilton P J. Hydrogeology J 12 : 115-120 | Downstream of downtown – urban wastewater as groundwater recharge. | E-4 |
| 2008 | Buapeng S & FOSTER S. GW-MATE Case Profile Collection 20 : World Bank | Controlling groundwater abstraction and related environmental degradation in Metropolitan Bangkok–Thailand | E-5 |
| 2009 | FOSTER S IAHS Publn 12 (Groundwater & Climate in Africa) 115-120. | Urban water-supply security – making the best use of groundwater to meet demands of expanding population under climate change. | E-6 |
| 2010 | FOSTER S, Hirata R & Garduno H GW-MATE Strategic Overview Series 3 : World Bank | Urban groundwater use policy – balancing the benefits and risks in developing nations | E-7 |
| 2011 | FOSTER S, Hirata R & Howard K Hydrogeology J 19 : 271-274. | Groundwater use in developing cities – policy issues arising from current trends | E-8 |
| 2011 | FOSTER S & Hirata R SIWI On the Water Front 21-29. | Groundwater use for urban development : enhancing benefits and reducing risks | E-9 |
| 2012 | FOSTER S & Hirata R Water 21: 44–48. | Sustainable groundwater use for developing country urban populations – lessons from Brazil | E-10 |
| 2013 | FOSTER S & Vairavaimoorthy K. GWP Perspectives Paper | Urban groundwater – policies and institutions for integrated management | E-11 |
| 2018 | FOSTER S, Bousquet A & Furey S Water Policy 20 : 982-994 | Urban groundwater use in Tropical Africa – a key factor in water security ? | E-12 |
| 2019 | FOSTER S, Gogu R & Gathu J IWA The Source : Mar 2019 : 58-62 | Urban groundwater – mobilising stakeholders to improve monitoring. | |
| 2019 | Alam M-F & FOSTER S IWA The Source : Oct 2019 : 54-57 | Policy priorities for the boom in urban private wells. | |
| 2020 | FOSTER S, Gathu J, Eichholz M &Hirata R IWA The Source : Apr 2020 : 50-54 | Climate change : the utility groundwater role in supply security. | |
| 2020 | FOSTER S, Mielby S, Hirata R, Tubic A & Gathu J IWA The Source:Jul 2020:45-49 | Groundwater quality management for urban supply security. | |
| 2020 | FOSTER S Water 12 : 456 | Global policy overview of groundwater in urban development–a tale of 10 cities! | E-13 |
| 2022 | FOSTER S, Hirata R, Eichholz M & Alam M-F Water 14 : 575 | Urban self-supply from groundwater analysis of management aspects and policy needs | E-14 |
| 2022 | FOSTER S J Water & Climate Change 13 : 3566 | The key role for groundwater in urban water-supply security. |
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